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Agaton, the first cyclone to hit the Philippines this year, weakened into a low pressure area Tuesday evening but it will still dampen parts of the country, especially those in the east.
AID FOR VICTIMS. A truckload of family food packs for "Agaton" victims in Baybay City outside the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) warehouse in Palo, Leyte on Tuesday (April 12, 2022). The DSWD Eastern Visayas has released 5,113 family food packs as an initial assistance to victims of floodings and landslides.(Photo courtesy of DSWD Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Eastern Visayas has already released 5,113 family food packs (FFPs) as an initial assistance to victims of Tropical Depression Agaton. DSWD regional in...
(File photo) MANILA - All shipping and fishing operations in all ports nationwide have been allowed to resume on Wednesday as former tropical storm Agaton dissipated 65 kilometers southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. In an advisory, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the resumption of operations began at 9 a.m.-allowing all passengers, truck drivers and cargo helpers, vessels, motor bancas, and rolling cargoes to travel by sea after being stranded due to inclement weather. In a Laging Handa briefing, PCG spokesperson Commodore Armando Balilo said there were around 3,000 stranded individuals ...
In its 8 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said Agaton was located in the vicinity of Marabut, Samar packing peak winds of 45 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 75 kph. It is heading east slowly.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has come to the aid of residents badly affected by the onslaught of Tropical Storm “Agaton”, providing food packs and other non-food items. (A family trapped by flood inside their residence in Dumarao town, Capiz province due to continuous r